A survey made public on Monday by Hong Kong Continuing
Professional Development Alliance shows that more Hong Kong
professionals are willing to seek opportunities in the
mainland.
The alliance conducted a survey during April to May to study the
trend and intention of Hong Kong professionals working in or moving
into the Chinese mainland. More than 240 responses were received
and most respondents mainly came from marketing, accounting and
finance, human resource and property management.
The survey revealed that 83 percent of the respondents currently
have duties or responsibilities related to business or operations
in the mainland, which is 14 percent higher than last year's
record.
Respondents who reported to have a higher proportion of
business-related tasks in the mainland tend to be professionals of
the arbitration, accounting and marketing fields, with more than 15
years of experience in their respective profession and at top
managerial level.
About 73 percent of respondents told that they need to work in
the mainland and most of them, about 77 percent, worked in the
first tier cities like Beijing and Shanghai. The findings also show
that more professionals have moved to work in the second and third
tier cities.
For the coming two years, nearly 70 percent of the respondents
expected that the proportion of their mainland business-related job
contents will increase.
According to the chairperson of the alliance Virginia Choi,
nearly half of the respondents said they are actively seeking
opportunities to develop career in the mainland due to the more
promising career prospect in the mainland, and that they want to
acquire experience in the mainland culture and practices for career
development.
(Xinhua News Agency June 12, 2007)